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Idol by Kristen Callihan

Fall by Kristen Callihan

Exposed by Kristen Callihan

January 28, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I felt a little bruised and battered by some of the books I’ve read recently. I have a bunch of books I’m really excited to read, and a bunch of books that are my happy place, but none of them were working for me. I saw several people raving about Scottie in Kristen Callihan’s Managed. What I remember about Scottie is that I loathed him. I thought it might be worth revisiting him, but obviously I would have to reread Idol first, because I couldn’t […]

Utterly forgettable. Read Courtney Milan’s Unraveled instead

Managed by Kristen Callihan

December 26, 2016 by Malin Leave a Comment

Sophie Darling (sadly nowhere near as awesome as my favourite romance heroine with Darling as a surname) is on her way to a job interview in London and unexpectedly and happily finds herself upgraded to first class. Her joy is somewhat lessened when very handsome, but supremely grouchy Gabriel “Scottie” Scott is seated next to her, outraged that one of the two seats he’s purchased has been allotted to someone. Nonetheless, cheerful and mischievous Sophie decides to try to crack handsome guy’s crabby demeanour (at […]

This is not a romance. This hero is not romantic.

Managed by Kristen Callihan

November 28, 2016 by Emmalita 5 Comments

Can we all agree that the bad boy redeemed can be a problematic trope? Confusing a romantic bad boy with an abuser probably goes back farther than Emily Bronte’s Heathcliff, but he’s a good example. Kristen Callihan’s Gabriel Scott is the knock off Heathcliff here. I am the Anne Bronte. I am not sure why I bought this the minute I had coins in my pocket. I didn’t love the first book in the series, and I really didn’t like Gabriel Scott, aka Scottie, our purported […]

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Utterly forgettable. Read Courtney Milan’s Unraveled instead

This is not a romance. This hero is not romantic.

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